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Child migration: a shameful chapter in Scotland’s history Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry publishes eighth case study findings   From the latter part of the nineteenth century until well into the second half of the twentieth century many thousands of childre...

Public hearings investigating boarding school abuse to continue Evidence in relation to boarding schools will resume in August 2023. The focus will be Edinburgh Academy. SCAI has been investigating the abuse of children in boarding schools for a number of...

A public hearing was held on 23 February 2023 at which oral submissions in support of applications received by the inquiry, and in response to them, were made. The applications concerned evidence provided in relation to the inquiry’s boarding schools inve...

The Inquiry has published its Winter 2022/23 newsletter. It can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page.

Later this year the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will begin its public hearings  in relation  to Phase 8 of its investigations: “The abuse of children in residential accommodation for young offenders and children, and young persons in need of care and pro...

On Thursday 23rd February 2023 at 10am, there will be a hearing in relation to potential disapplication of the Chair's general restriction order in relation to the identity of a named individual. The hearing will take place at the Inquiry’s premises in Mi...

Lady Smith has received two applications for her General Restriction Order  (“GRO”) to be disapplied in relation to the identity of a named individual.  At present, that person is a “protected person” under the GRO. In terms of section 17 of the Inquiries...

Professor Ian Levitt (Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Central Lancashire), wrote a report for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry examining the definition of child abuse and the extent of knowledge about it within Scottish administrative d...

In response to recent queries relating to redress, SCAI would like to clarify the following: The Inquiries Act 2005 expressly prohibits the Chair from ruling on or awarding compensation. Likewise, she has no power to award redress payments under the Redre...

No part of Scotland was “immune” from abuse for children in Foster Care according to evidence gathered by the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI).   Today, Thursday 1 December, Inquiry Chair Lady Smith concluded public hearings examining the abuse of chil...